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Renegade South · 3W ago

The Collinses of Jones County, Mississippi: Selected Family Photos

Recently, Dean Collins, a descendant of Stacy and Sara Anderson Collins, shared with me several photos that I am pleased to post on Renegade South. Dean is descended from Stacy and Sara’s son, Vinson A. Collins of Jones County, Mississippi. Vinson, (not to be mistaken for his nephew and namesake, Vi

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Renegade South · 1M ago

Ed Payne, “Piney Woods Research: Civil War and other documents available on FamilySearch”

A note to Jones County, Mississippi, descendants: In this post, Ed Payne shares documents featuring numerous ancestors by name that you may never have seen! My thanks to Ed for once again publishing his careful research on Renegade South. Vikki Bynum, moderator by Ed Payne A few weeks ago I made one

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Renegade South · 2M ago

Ed Payne, “Unionist Naming of Mississippi Children–Revisited”

In 2010, I published on Renegade South a study of the naming of white male Mississippi children during the period from 1861 through 1880, wondering if certain names might provide evidence of Civil War or post-Civil War Unionist sentiments. Hundreds of African-American sons born during this period w

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Renegade South · 2M ago

The Free State of Jones is now available as an “e-book Short”

Would you like to know the true story of the Free State of Jones, but don’t have time to read the long version? Good news! The Free State of Jones: Mississippi’s Longest Civil War (published 2001) has just been released by the University of North Carolina Press as part of its new “e-Book Shorts” se

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Renegade South · 3M ago

Sondra Yvonne Bivins on the Family Line of Harriet Carter Ward

The following guest post by Sondra Yvonne Bivins presents her latest research on various Knight family lines of Piney Woods Mississippi. Thanks to Yvonne’s gathering of family stories and research into primary documents, we have a much deeper knowledge of the often hidden histories of the multiraci

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Renegade South · 3M ago

Announcement: The Upcoming Littlefield Lectures at the University of Texas, Austin

I’m delighted to announce that I’ll be delivering this year’s Littlefield Lectures for the History Department of the University of Texas, Austin. The lectures are based on research from my last two books, The Free State of Jones, and The Long Shadow of the Civil War: “The Free State of Jones: Commu

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Renegade South · 4M ago

Gregg Andrews (of Doctor G and the Mudcats) reviews “Mark Twain: Words and Music” for Outlaw Magazine

I’m delighted to post Gregg’s review here on Renegade South. If by chance you’re not familiar with Doctor G and the Mudcats, you can hear them perform “Jones County Jubilee” on my website. Vikki Bynum MARK TWAIN: WORDS AND MUSIC By Gregg Andrews Published on January 24th, 2012 Less than two years

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Renegade South · 4M ago

My upcoming presentation on the “Free State of Jones”: The McKinzie Symposium in Kansas City, Missouri

Gregg and I are excited to be heading off to Kansas City on January 26, where I’ll be a featured speaker for the 2012 Richard D. McKinzie Symposium. The McKinzie Symposium will take place Thursday, January 26 – Friday, January 27, 2012, and will explore the topic, “Confederate Disunion: The War Beyo

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Renegade South · 4M ago

Southerners Against Slavery: Wesleyan Methodists in Montgomery County, North Carolina

In two of my works on Southern Unionism, Unruly Women (1992), and Long Shadow of the Civil War (2010), I wrote extensively about the effects of the anti-slavery Wesleyan Methodist movement in creating an environment of fierce anti-Confederate sentiment in the Randolph-Montgomery County area of North

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Renegade South · 5M ago

Gary B. Sanders, “Confederate Conflict in Jackson County, Alabama”

Guest columnist Gary B. Sanders, who is kin to the Sanders family of Montgomery and Randolph Counties of North Carolina, has ancestors on both sides of the U.S./Confederate divide. Here, Gary tells the story of his great, great, grand uncle, Joseph Sanders of Jackson County, Alabama, who was murder

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